Our next regular WCAIMH meeting will be held on Thursday, April 13th starting at 5:15pm – 6:45pm. We are very happy to welcome Sean Boulet, occupational therapist and Team Lead for Nurturing Connections; Infant and Early Years Mental Health Program. Sean will provide us with the origin details of this pilot program and update us on how it’s going. Furthermore, he will share some of the learning he and his team have gained from this experience which will surely provide us with professional insight and facilitate great conversation amongst us.  Looking forward to seeing you all then! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions to aris@develop.bc.ca. Zoom link will be sent out to members on April...

Hello members, We’d like to share that this upcoming Thursday our regular WCAIMH meeting will be a case review. If you have a case you would like to bring to the table to discuss it will be a great opportunity to have our diverse group explore this with you. If we have a good number attending and we have a few cases, we can potentially go into breakout rooms to have a more focused discussion. If you do not have a case you’d like to bring up please do ensure you join us and support our other members with theirs; you are all an asset in our field and this is a great opportunity to learn and support each other. We look forward to seeing you this Thursday, March 9th at 5:15-6:45pm via zoom. Please contact aris@develop.bc.ca for the Zoom...

Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well. It may not look like Spring yet, but we am hopeful it is around the corner! It’s almost time for our next Lunch & Learn – a noontime Zoom-time for us to connect as colleagues and dive in to current research related to infant mental health (and published in the Infant Mental Health Journal). Last month we explored the idea of “reflective supervision” and discussed how our programs do this currently and how. There is a “part 2” to this article, so we will be picking up that conversation again with the second part of the article. You can find it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YRXEKS3ZTJNUPBSFESGA?target=10.1002/imhj.21975 Amy will summarize the article if you aren’t able to read it before our meeting so please do not feel pressured. Topic: WCAIMH: March Lunch & Learn: Infant Mental Health Journal study Time: Mar 7, 2023 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Please contact aris@develop.bc.ca to access the Zoom...

Happy Fall Members and Friends! We would like to remind you of our upcoming meeting on Thursday, November 10th, starting at 5:15pm – 6:45pm. We are so happy to welcome Dr. Angela Low, Provincial Lead for Early Years Health and Wellness at Child Health BC, who is overseeing the development and implementation of Feelings First, a provincial program to promote social and emotional development in the early years. She also works alongside other health promotion programs for young children. Angela will speak to upcoming opportunities to get involved in this project, talk about a few resources she can offer you that may be of interest to you. She will allow time for Q&A. Angela is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include emotional processes behind learning (particularly the discrete emotions of shame and guilt) and social and emotional development in children and parents. If you are a current member, you should receive an email with a Zoom link early next week. Please contact aris@develop.bc.ca for any inquiries. Looking forward to learning together! *UPDATE – this meeting has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. As we traditionally break in December, we look forward to our next regular meeting in the New...